Jiho gets on my nerves. He really can’t rub two brain cells together to figure out an empathetic response. There’s been multiple times when Inwoo is clearly expressing that he isn’t okay and Jiho has me going “yes girl give us nothing.” On the bridge when he says “I’m not okay” and gets “I don’t know what to say” as a response because THATS HELPFUL. And now here, the man just gave you an entire synopsis of the story ending and says he can’t figure out how to land the most complex character and his melancholy and you go “then make him happy!” Are you fucking listening or? What part of the story gave you good feelings, it’s clearly not intended to be a manifestation of positivity since your boyfriend has been reflecting his life into it and he’s MISERABLE. COMFORT THE MAN. Jesus, Inwoo is out here doing all the work.
Maybe what the author was referring to was who dies? Just because they were together in the past doesn’t necessarily mean they need to be together in the present especially since we know Agia is only tricking Ken into this relationship so they can both be sacrificed since Agia wants to die. But maybe that’s what the author meant by they may not be endgame is Agia may find another way to die and allow Ken to live because he is clearly also falling in love with Ken and no one wants to drag their loved one into a sacrificial ceremony right? So author nim may be alluding to an upcoming death or who knows maybe it really could be a surprise switch up or love triangle. But that’s highly doubtful.
Everyone is calling Heesung a red flag but he hasn’t actually presented any red flag traits at this time? The onus is on Potato as an adult to be able to read the room and navigate life, Heesung isn’t a mind reader and he isn’t his parent. He isn’t responsible or obligated to Potato who is for all intents and purposes an adult from a one night stand where they were both incredibly under the influence. If you say he took advantage of Potato then you can say the same for Potato since they were both equally smashed. The only time you can actually see clearheaded thinking and not just dirty talk was the morning after. He took care of him in the morning, wasn’t rude to him or suggested they forget about it or that he was less than him. Potato said “I’ll take responsibility” but we haven’t even seen the next chapter so we don’t know yet if they’ve established what that looks like. Are they agreeing to be sex friends the way Heesung intends or will it be a misunderstand as one believing it a relationship and one believing it a sexual benefit? Like a lot of you need to reevaluate what a red flag is because I can pop at least 20 other BL MLs off the top that are actual red flags (the call may be coming from inside the house jaekyung.)
This is pissing me off so hard core that I am going to have to drop it until this is resolved. I don’t care how realistic this is for some people, unfortunately I’m not some people and I handled these types of manipulators much harsher in my life. I picked this up to escape reality not be hit in the face with reminders. Fucking hate when they do this to my feel good mangas. Okay, that’s all, just wanted to rant.
The mangaka must have more than one helper because some panels seem consistent with the original art style and are PERFECT and then immediately the next panel is so (with all respect because I’m sure they are trying and deserve no hate for that) sloppy and rudimentary. It ruins the experience of one of my favorite works on the platform which is so sad, I hope they notice this and adjust accordingly because it’s such a lovely work.
What do yall mean by “why is he hung up on family, he needs to let go and move on?” Move on to what? His rapists? He literally only came this far for his last remaining family member and I pity those of you who don’t have such a deep love for your family (blood or chosen) that you’d go through hell or high water to protect them. He’s clearly exhausted and this isn’t just a moment of “I’ll shield you” it’s a resignation, a “I’ll use my very last ounce of fight to cover you because if I can’t do what I promised then I’ll go with you, back to our mom and dad so we can be whole again.” Y'all act like him surviving beyond this (I’ve finished the novel but the MC doesn’t know his future so I’m saying this from his perspective) with his tormentors is appealing to him; his recent life has been quite bleak so “he needs to give up on his brother” is a bit heartless is all I’m saying. And he’s going to prove my point in the next few chapters.
Am I missing the part yall are ripping into Ken for? Where did he sleep with someone else? And even if he did, keep in mind they aren’t in an actual relationship, he’s literally in a glorified bondage contract against his will where it is being kept from him that he’s going to be sacrificed as a means to an end because his “partner” wants the sweet release of death. Which I wouldn’t call selfish seeing what Agia has been through but could abstractly call selfish when seeing him throw away someone else’s life for his own benefit after manipulating them into falling in love. Leave Ken alone, he didn’t want or ask for any of this from the start.
The way the author clearly put little to no effort into drawing the art for this chapter made the slapstick comedy that much funnier, I wish this had a novel because I am dying lmaooo
I love when the ML is feeling particularly strong emotion his real eye color peeks through, like we’re being reminded that his core self is still there waiting to be freed by the MC.
Would fucking die if my employer caught me sleepwalking naked into his pond after he just threatened to pluck out my eyes in the break room.
They don’t like the dress because it exposes the collarbone so the previous grand duchess decides to wear it to the event, but the dress Pereshati is wearing also completely exposes her collarbone? So what was the point here. They both show the same amount of skin.
Sensei isn’t a love interest, unless it was a translation error they cut our precious MC off as he was saying “this is-“ so as not to reveal his identify. So he’s probably his brother or cousin or neighbor or something really overprotective, or potentially the lover of someone close to him. If I was close to MC and saw the way he was being treated by ML I can’t say I wouldn’t step in and whip out the old butter sock on the ML either.
The art is so goddamn beautiful but I’m just so put off by the MC, like every time I have to see him do anything I’m like “really, this is what you went with? This was your decision/reaction/intention?” Definitely not the worst MC we’ve ever had but still really just a frustrating one.
Tell me you don’t understand how to adapt a novel without telling me you don’t understand how to adapt a novel lmao. You have to finesse the scenes into a cliff hanger not literally just end the scene and call it good what was that.
You keep making so much noise about what are clearly perfectly fine translations and you’re eventually going to drive the translators into dropping this. If you’re that bothered and want to keep being bugaboos, do it your damn self or buy the officials, my word. It’s the same comments every time acting like you haven’t seen some actual trash translations on this platform (which this is not.)
This baby is freaking cute and then the artist slapped those thick ashy lashes on it and now I feel like I’m staring at a troll doll T.T
Am I the only one who thinks the author created unnecessary and unfair drama for Chiyo too now? Like he’s terrible, yes, but he did resolve to leave them alone and his handler was the one acting on his own “ideas” of what he thought Chiyo wanted to happen to Rindo. From start to finish he wasn’t involved and now he’s left to face the consequences of someone else’s actions and he wasn’t stable to begin with so it’s like if he hadn’t been roped in, had his emotions jumbled up and then left scared and abandoned to face what is basically the threat of losing everything at the hands of someone he views as the villain in his life he wouldn’t spiral again. Just my thoughts. The author should’ve ended this fucking ages ago when they had the amazing “I love you” make up sex.